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after studying obama veryface closely, the public face of, obama. dr. frank has reached the conclusion that president obaman has a decisive bipartisan[laughe disorder.d it [laughter], to and it's a neurosis of his to a certain extent., costory and of bipartisan unity. but i just want to be contentious this evening a little bit and bring one othercn give into that discussion. i just happen to be reading last night a new biography of the eisenhower. i was reading it because the author is comingof here. and i'll of the sudden i ran t across the author, jim newton ie saying about eisenhower that thf quest for balance was the defining feature as theinis eisenhower administration.an he and he says when i refer to them in a way, the balance, -- i'mer. sorry, he's quoting eisenhowere, i me. when i refer to the middle way,t i merely mean that middle way ag it represents a practical working basis between extremists, the oath of his tals as i flatly reject. con so i said i was being contentious. i want to find out this evening by eisenhower strength is i obama's n
after studying obama veryface closely, the public face of, obama. dr. frank has reached the conclusion that president obaman has a decisive bipartisan[laughe disorder.d it [laughter], to and it's a neurosis of his to a certain extent., costory and of bipartisan unity. but i just want to be contentious this evening a little bit and bring one othercn give into that discussion. i just happen to be reading last night a new biography of the eisenhower. i was reading it because the author is comingof...
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obama came of age as a community organizer. john roberts was born and raised in the northern indiana, sorted in the the outskirts of chicago. both products of harvard law school, both products of the harvard law review. both have one marriage and two young children. but the differences are far greater than the similarities. >> now, i'd enough you can tell us the scum of did john roberts talked to you for "the oath"? >> one of the things it is true for the first book, the nine and also this book, as i have not spoke to the justices. but i did say i spoke to a majority. >> and jeffrey toobin, besides the health care case, what are you looking forward to in the next term that we should keep an eye out for? >> this is a huge term. next term will be enormous as well. affirmative-action come in the future of affirmative action university of texas case enormously important. voting rights act, section five of the voting rights act, will that be continue? and there is one other big one. i am so focused on this term. there is one other b
obama came of age as a community organizer. john roberts was born and raised in the northern indiana, sorted in the the outskirts of chicago. both products of harvard law school, both products of the harvard law review. both have one marriage and two young children. but the differences are far greater than the similarities. >> now, i'd enough you can tell us the scum of did john roberts talked to you for "the oath"? >> one of the things it is true for the first book, the...
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mccain and obama, easy that. you have the bushes committee adams, the kennedys, in terms of having a father that was quite president. you have jackson and 40 did not know their fathers. what i conducted in the psychology of the young andrew jackson, is it gave him the ambition and the noble sense of ambition, to rise to power and come to control as much of the circumstances around him as he possibly could. he was accustomed to being unsettled in his life. his mother didn't seem to pay much attention to him. they particularly happen when when he was younger. he was therefore, not particularly popular there in south carolina. so he learned to depend on himself. i interviewed senator obama in august about the issues about himself and his own experience not having a father. and he said, obama said, basically, i had to learn how to race myself. that was an experience that jackson shared, that there was a kind of necessary self-reliance because there was no one else to rely on. the reason there was no one else to rely
mccain and obama, easy that. you have the bushes committee adams, the kennedys, in terms of having a father that was quite president. you have jackson and 40 did not know their fathers. what i conducted in the psychology of the young andrew jackson, is it gave him the ambition and the noble sense of ambition, to rise to power and come to control as much of the circumstances around him as he possibly could. he was accustomed to being unsettled in his life. his mother didn't seem to pay much...
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so the idea that the idea president obama or the election of president obama would rid the country of these ills that have been in place for a very long time was at best i would say naÏve. >> i want to read a little bit from your book, get you to expand on. candidate obama, a woman complained to obama in iowa about how inner-city kids don't know how to dress for a job. below is obama's response as reported in the "washington post." pull up your pants, obama interjected come as the crowd laugh. poll of europeans. >> universal that's the other part of the obama affect, which is i don't doubt at all that he has great concern for all the young people in this country, especially young black. however, he has tended at times to be, i wouldn't say demeaning, but to fall into line much like bill cosby, to say that young black people have that kind of played by the rules that would allow them to succeed. in this case, he is suggesting that effect because they wear the pants low or sycophants, that makes it a kind of cultural attributes that would suggest that's the reason why in fact they are
so the idea that the idea president obama or the election of president obama would rid the country of these ills that have been in place for a very long time was at best i would say naÏve. >> i want to read a little bit from your book, get you to expand on. candidate obama, a woman complained to obama in iowa about how inner-city kids don't know how to dress for a job. below is obama's response as reported in the "washington post." pull up your pants, obama interjected come as...
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after studying obama very, closely, the public face of obama, dr. frank has reached the conclusion that president obama has obsessive bipartisan. disorder. [laughter] and it's under roses of his to . certain extent.hi is a dream of bipartisan unity., but i just wanted to be contentious receiving a little bit and bring one of the perspective into the discussiono i just happened to be reading aw last night a new biography of eisenhower. i wa r was reading it because theoffe author is coming here, and all of a sudden i run across ther, author, jim newton, is saying about eisenhower, that the quese for balance was the definingf te feature of the eisenhower administration. and he says when i refer to the middle way, the balance, i knowb you mean the middle -- i'm sorry, quoting eisenhower here.. when i refer to the middle way, i nearly mean the middleweight as it represents a practicalracl working basis between beten extremists, both of whose doctrines i flatly reject. cont. i want to find out this evening why eisenhower strength is obama's heiresses. [l
after studying obama very, closely, the public face of obama, dr. frank has reached the conclusion that president obama has obsessive bipartisan. disorder. [laughter] and it's under roses of his to . certain extent.hi is a dream of bipartisan unity., but i just wanted to be contentious receiving a little bit and bring one of the perspective into the discussiono i just happened to be reading aw last night a new biography of eisenhower. i wa r was reading it because theoffe author is coming here,...
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obama. first of outcome i've got to say that the criticism of any american president is fair game. i am part of the white house press corps. i go to the white house every day. would've been here today if we were coming down here. every day in front of the white house and pennsylvania avenue, there is a crowd of people protesting some thing. you know, i love that. i really do. i make a point of checking what they are therefore that the issue of the day is. it's a very healthy part of our democracy. and criticism of precedence has been around for long time. if you want to go back to the other's presidential campaign history of quÉbec to 1800 john adams and thomas jefferson and angst ever said particularly by their followers, not so much the two of them about each other. but with president obama, it has been attacks on his policies so much on him as a person. and we haven't seen that, i don't believe, and it went back and did a lot of research and presidential camp gains and presidential histo
obama. first of outcome i've got to say that the criticism of any american president is fair game. i am part of the white house press corps. i go to the white house every day. would've been here today if we were coming down here. every day in front of the white house and pennsylvania avenue, there is a crowd of people protesting some thing. you know, i love that. i really do. i make a point of checking what they are therefore that the issue of the day is. it's a very healthy part of our...
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but in president obama's two nominees, he used the same strategy. boze sonia sotomayor and elena kagan were totally mainstream nominees. sonia sotomayor have it lee 17 years as a federal judge. more judicial experience coming to the supreme court than any nominee in recent history, highly qualify. qualified. elena kagan, highly qualified. i think in sotomayor's casey got seven republican votes and i think kagan got five, so you know what is going on with the confirmation process? i will tell you a little story that i heard about the sotomayor process. is really a wake-up call for how broken the system is. right after her nomination she was going to get a lot of republican votes and maybe most republican votes. she was a very attractive nominee. and mitch mcconnell the senate republican leader was quite upset by the idea. that was not the record he was trying to make so he went to the national rifle association he asked them to quote score the boat so if there are any washington insiders here you know that scoring is above that interest group whether
but in president obama's two nominees, he used the same strategy. boze sonia sotomayor and elena kagan were totally mainstream nominees. sonia sotomayor have it lee 17 years as a federal judge. more judicial experience coming to the supreme court than any nominee in recent history, highly qualify. qualified. elena kagan, highly qualified. i think in sotomayor's casey got seven republican votes and i think kagan got five, so you know what is going on with the confirmation process? i will tell...
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conservatives and independence will realize a and turn the democrats out and obama will be accounted in the fall. what comes next? if it ever resurrects with a sense of history we like to say the specter of friendly fascism in the stealth socialist rain. those coming under government control it is not that different. both disregard property rights through a long list bureaucracy and freedom loving america today liberalism is dead. socialism and fascism march dead. and riyal live better lives because of it. thank you very much. [applause] >> they do so much. i have a microphone c-span so please wait for the microphone please stand up and identify yourself please make sure it is a question. >> and my name is steve. i know you believe in a free market system. are you willing to except the perfect with no government intervention would you agreed to one exception? some individuals fell below a minimal level poverty zero or what ever you put, would you cover the subsidized individuals with taxpayers' money? but not entities but what is not necessarily based on the rest illiberal say we're
conservatives and independence will realize a and turn the democrats out and obama will be accounted in the fall. what comes next? if it ever resurrects with a sense of history we like to say the specter of friendly fascism in the stealth socialist rain. those coming under government control it is not that different. both disregard property rights through a long list bureaucracy and freedom loving america today liberalism is dead. socialism and fascism march dead. and riyal live better lives...
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[applause] >> then name. . . . . 47% and barack obama claimed to guns and religion. what was the coverage like? >> in fact this morning i ran the 47% and i asked two questions. one is how much debt the does it get and how many media outlets cover the story and what is the shelf life? does it last a day a week or a month? they were short. maybe a three week kind of peak. romney to 47% we still haven't seen the end of that obviously but it's been about a month now. the story is dropoff but they get dragged back in either by opponents were dragged in by the defense and i am sure they come out of the presidential debates and wondered if obama will ask a question about that. the issue is in my mind which of these gaps are ones we ought to pay attention to? do they represent a true character flaw and do they represent an incapacity to act in a way that we would like or are they just -- we all make mistakes. they have them hanging out in the public and now with the internet and youtube and places like that they are not only discriminated more broadly and quickly but there i
[applause] >> then name. . . . . 47% and barack obama claimed to guns and religion. what was the coverage like? >> in fact this morning i ran the 47% and i asked two questions. one is how much debt the does it get and how many media outlets cover the story and what is the shelf life? does it last a day a week or a month? they were short. maybe a three week kind of peak. romney to 47% we still haven't seen the end of that obviously but it's been about a month now. the story is...
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obama referred to mr. lugar positively. he liked the nunn program. so when obama jumped into the stratosphere after his austin speech in 2004, i think senator lugar kept to a much closer eye on him and when he was selected barack obama he wrote them a letter in city was then the chairman of the foreign relations committee said you'd be a good asset for this committee. i think luker like the fact he was interested in foreign policy. he brought energy and star quality to the committee. so obama join the committee in 2005 and worked together and took a trip together. during the 2008 campaign, senator lugar endorsed john mccain as you might expect, but he also was careful not to disparage obama. in fact just weeks before the 2008 presidential election, he gave a very interesting foreign policy speech in which he talked about the obama and mccain approaches to foreign policy. it was a very even minded speech in which he was praising both for certain things and critical of both. again, it's sort of thing you hope your public officials do. look at something
obama referred to mr. lugar positively. he liked the nunn program. so when obama jumped into the stratosphere after his austin speech in 2004, i think senator lugar kept to a much closer eye on him and when he was selected barack obama he wrote them a letter in city was then the chairman of the foreign relations committee said you'd be a good asset for this committee. i think luker like the fact he was interested in foreign policy. he brought energy and star quality to the committee. so obama...
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he also was careful not to disparage obama. in fact, weeks before the 2008 presidential election, he gave a very interesting foreign-policy speech in which he talked about the obama and mccain approaches to foreign policy. it was a very even minded speech in which he was praising both for certain things than critical votes. it is a sort of thing he sort of hope your public officials do. look at something and call it straight. even then there is criticism from republicans who felt that he was not sufficiently critical of obama. since barack obama was select dead it came to office in 2009, they try to work with the president when he could. despite the campaign rhetoric we hear in indiana, i again senator lugar is neither barack obama's best friend or his worst critic. it is a conservative republican and disagrees with them most of the time, but has been willing to work with them when they got us in the national interest i know that has become a subject of some discussion, whether he's barack obama's best friend in the senate. my
he also was careful not to disparage obama. in fact, weeks before the 2008 presidential election, he gave a very interesting foreign-policy speech in which he talked about the obama and mccain approaches to foreign policy. it was a very even minded speech in which he was praising both for certain things than critical votes. it is a sort of thing he sort of hope your public officials do. look at something and call it straight. even then there is criticism from republicans who felt that he was...
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so obama joined the committee in 2005. they took a trip together and during the 2008 campaign senator lugar and doris john mccain as you might expect but he also was careful not to disparage obama. weeks before the 2008 presidential election he gave a very interesting foreign-policy speech in which he talked about the obama and mccain approaches to foreign policy and it was a very even minded speech in which he was praising both for certain things and critical of both. the sort of thing you sort of hope your public officials do. you look at something and call it straight. but even then there was criticism from republicans who felt he was not sufficiently critical of obama. sins barack obama was elected and came to office in 2009 lugar has tried to work with the president when he could. despite the campaign rhetoric that we hear in indiana, i think senator lugar is neither barack obama's best friend or his worst critic. he is a conservative republican and disagrees with him most of the time but has been willing to work with
so obama joined the committee in 2005. they took a trip together and during the 2008 campaign senator lugar and doris john mccain as you might expect but he also was careful not to disparage obama. weeks before the 2008 presidential election he gave a very interesting foreign-policy speech in which he talked about the obama and mccain approaches to foreign policy and it was a very even minded speech in which he was praising both for certain things and critical of both. the sort of thing you...
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when we look at barack obama, barack obama is the president of the united states. when you ask most black people if they would get a picture of barack obama, they are looking at a civil rights activist when in fact barack obama is at martin luther king jr.. he is not frederick douglass, he is abraham lincoln, and i think that we have gotten that confused in the black community. >> i just said something i'm glad i wasn't miced. i said on a good day. you're absolutely right. i want to address this from an educational standpoint because i think that's what is often not accounted for in this back-and-forth as to whether we should support the president or we shouldn't support the president. i would like to say what would you tell a 12 year old about the significance of his first presidency in light of the world that they live? in light of the experiences that many of those black and brown 12-year-olds have walking the streets to this city or a 12-year-old growing up in southern indiana having nothing but the generations? what would you say to them? because he does repre
when we look at barack obama, barack obama is the president of the united states. when you ask most black people if they would get a picture of barack obama, they are looking at a civil rights activist when in fact barack obama is at martin luther king jr.. he is not frederick douglass, he is abraham lincoln, and i think that we have gotten that confused in the black community. >> i just said something i'm glad i wasn't miced. i said on a good day. you're absolutely right. i want to...
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bearlike barack obama. the flipside of that was when do i not film and a lot of times that also had to do with -- who the president was talking to. we could film him doing whatever, telling someone off in the archive section would be full of it. if you are looking for that, we have got it. the two times there were people in the room who we wanted to make sure would respond to the president with accurate information. other elected officials and congress people. they shouldn't feel like they are under the gun. they might not be used to them may not have the same temper his barack obama does and is not fair to jump at them. i remember feeling bad after budget debate -- remember when the government almost shut down? don't worry, it's coming back with the same being every night. they would all get together and talk about whatever and i was getting pretty bored with the whole situation because it was always a tenet night and nothing much doing. i would try to get the best angle and there was no one one in west wi
bearlike barack obama. the flipside of that was when do i not film and a lot of times that also had to do with -- who the president was talking to. we could film him doing whatever, telling someone off in the archive section would be full of it. if you are looking for that, we have got it. the two times there were people in the room who we wanted to make sure would respond to the president with accurate information. other elected officials and congress people. they shouldn't feel like they are...
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bush for barack obama. he just put a posted with 44 and the inside of it was another envelope that said to 44 from 43. and then the next morning here is a picture of barack obama reading that actual note. the procession to the capitol is always a big deal. here's a picture from exactly 100 years ago. an open carriage, and that is william howard taft on the right and the new president woodrow wilson on the left. in 1933 we have a situation with franklin d. roosevelt and herbert hoover. the two of them didn't get along so well. there wasn't a lot of conversation during the right to the capitol. in many pictures the were taken that day, roosevelt can be seen leading to the crowd or smiling to the crowd or turning toward hoover and trying to have a conversation. every picture you will see hoover is just looking ahead ignoring him. there's been other times also where the president, the newly and the old, didn't get along so well and that mentioned in my book can't we all get along. sometimes the weather is a big
bush for barack obama. he just put a posted with 44 and the inside of it was another envelope that said to 44 from 43. and then the next morning here is a picture of barack obama reading that actual note. the procession to the capitol is always a big deal. here's a picture from exactly 100 years ago. an open carriage, and that is william howard taft on the right and the new president woodrow wilson on the left. in 1933 we have a situation with franklin d. roosevelt and herbert hoover. the two...
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so obama did not know how roberts was going to divide the oath. and ifou seehe se e us ope rebexpdm t,ob v uncharacteristically got flustered, and that was the problem. >> host: do they have any kind of a personal relationship? >> guest: none. none. juonte.,rly eye f erld ben r lives. both they are about s years apar in age,oth are products th northern indiana, sort of in the outskirts of chicago. both are products of harvard law school, both are products of th rvarla rew h rrnd t g dr grr tan similarities. >> host: now i don't know if you can tell us this, but did john itrurheirokk toyou for "he ," ao t th jce spoke to, but i did say i spoke to a majority. >> host: and, jeffrey toobin, besides the health care ce wh areouoood t shp ayeon neerll enormous as well. affirmative action, the future of affirmative action, the enusor.ity of tes case teht ati o coue wi b and there's one other big one. i'm so focused on this term, there's one other big case coming up next term. ng rst, bai' rr'lav e itor nbo i n for this book. host: we've been talking with
so obama did not know how roberts was going to divide the oath. and ifou seehe se e us ope rebexpdm t,ob v uncharacteristically got flustered, and that was the problem. >> host: do they have any kind of a personal relationship? >> guest: none. none. juonte.,rly eye f erld ben r lives. both they are about s years apar in age,oth are products th northern indiana, sort of in the outskirts of chicago. both are products of harvard law school, both are products of th rvarla rew h rrnd t g...
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a big a obama supporter. i had been stopped in my tracks on the issue -- i've won't even name names. the names are inflammatory, but on the issue of killing of american citizens overseas, there are always going to be bad people in this country it threaten people. this is the first time in our nation's history that the executive branch in secret proceedings have presented evidence to itself and determined that american citizen is worthy of being killed without presenting any formal charges against the person or even revealing what the processes are for putting that person on the list to be killed, and i cannot square this with the candidate i supported in the election. it seems to be the beneficiary of some of the best our education system has offered who seemed to be himself a beneficiary of the 14th amendment. i feel like i have missed something very profound about his background that needs explanation. >> i do think that is a very important question first of all. something that has troubled me also. i think
a big a obama supporter. i had been stopped in my tracks on the issue -- i've won't even name names. the names are inflammatory, but on the issue of killing of american citizens overseas, there are always going to be bad people in this country it threaten people. this is the first time in our nation's history that the executive branch in secret proceedings have presented evidence to itself and determined that american citizen is worthy of being killed without presenting any formal charges...
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the obama administration failed 2010. >> for obama's to become president? one thing i want to mention at the same time he gives for the iranian people for the new year at the same time you slap the people to say how many years they are saying shin? turkey and 20% in richmond, and also of fate except they go for the sanctions in the united nations. in my opinion i don't see at this point* anti-war stations but the sanctions a to the people not the government. you have to realize that. it is to get the people of iran. >> day-care. a couple of points to raise raise, one quick correction iranians were enriching at 20% with a renegotiating. starting february 2010. they said they would rather buy the fuel and make it themselves. with the indication they have no intent to go up that 20%. i ain't one could make the argument the obama administration should have done something beyond changing the tone. that is a iranians were successful to change their town but it is back to the hostile discourse as it was before the expectation u.s. sore iran gives a significant con
the obama administration failed 2010. >> for obama's to become president? one thing i want to mention at the same time he gives for the iranian people for the new year at the same time you slap the people to say how many years they are saying shin? turkey and 20% in richmond, and also of fate except they go for the sanctions in the united nations. in my opinion i don't see at this point* anti-war stations but the sanctions a to the people not the government. you have to realize that. it...
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the obama's what part of the distance. jimmy carter and rosalynn carter walked the entire distance of a mile and half in 1977 from the capitol back to the white house. the inaugural parade that will take place, reviewing stand is always set up in the white house. that is grover cleveland back in '85. there is the white house in the background. a classic inaugural parade picture. the capital in the background with bands marching. 1953, a famous old cowboy named monte mantegna lassoed dwight eisenhower with his permission. in the afternoon of inauguration day backing 1829 there was a stampede in the white house. they have a big party, and the people sampled the place, triple the white house with their money boots ripping the curtains and wrecking the carpeting. finally the fiasco ended when somebody get a brilliant idea of putting a large tub of whiskey out on to the white house lawn. slowly but surely everybody laughed. inaugural ball at night. 1953. the kennedys in 61. storage and laura bush, barack and michele obama. unpl
the obama's what part of the distance. jimmy carter and rosalynn carter walked the entire distance of a mile and half in 1977 from the capitol back to the white house. the inaugural parade that will take place, reviewing stand is always set up in the white house. that is grover cleveland back in '85. there is the white house in the background. a classic inaugural parade picture. the capital in the background with bands marching. 1953, a famous old cowboy named monte mantegna lassoed dwight...
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not michelle obama. >> hi, nice to meet you. this is for you? >> yes, my name is logan. >> what do you do? >> underwriter, too. >> and working as an economist right now. >> initiative made to stand up and understand the new unemployment number. [inaudible] >> no, but i wanted to kiss her because it got me so much press. [inaudible] website that there was low-key they asked all the things. so i loved that. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. nice to meet you. i don't like >> -- 55th anniversary. >> fantastic. when is it? >> today. >> happy anniversary to you, too. >> on your screen now as brains and occurred, professor at the university. his most recent, two generations, for families and history of america's influence in the middle east. professor vandermark, who is daniel was? how did he go about doing that? >> with american entrepreneurial spirit. he also had the financial backing. i've been phelps dodge in the 19th century. >> book was reverend bliss is cool and founded the american university? >> 's initial cool deferred from what became his lif
not michelle obama. >> hi, nice to meet you. this is for you? >> yes, my name is logan. >> what do you do? >> underwriter, too. >> and working as an economist right now. >> initiative made to stand up and understand the new unemployment number. [inaudible] >> no, but i wanted to kiss her because it got me so much press. [inaudible] website that there was low-key they asked all the things. so i loved that. >> thank you. >> you're welcome....
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>>host: at election time is at the view foreboding four gary johnson, mitt romney your barack obama? >> i myself them a strong on paul supporter. i am considering voting for gary johnson. libertarians are disenfranchised with the two-party system and are trying to find the best way to agitate. ron paul was great. gary johnson is doing his part that it many agree that he could be true to its principles once in the system because of the people are so stacked against them that we need to focus on persuasion and allow people to take care of themselves. i know focusing on the presidential election has that this outcome even with ron paul involved other than finding ways to present issues to think about liberty not to legislate or impose liberty but avenues to spread the message more effectively. >>host: why do you write about natural law? >> it is an easy term for those were not religious those to be freed from restraints in the right side come from the humanity so god has given us the rights. view talk to that acs is say different definition that the right soon come from us, not governme
>>host: at election time is at the view foreboding four gary johnson, mitt romney your barack obama? >> i myself them a strong on paul supporter. i am considering voting for gary johnson. libertarians are disenfranchised with the two-party system and are trying to find the best way to agitate. ron paul was great. gary johnson is doing his part that it many agree that he could be true to its principles once in the system because of the people are so stacked against them that we need...
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he is cynical in that he'll call out obama when he thinks obama is being nonsensical and will do the same thing to conservatives. he is a leftist center activist who happens to be on tv doing a comedy show. i have great fun -- we did half an our back and forth, six minutes of which was on tv and the other is online. and it was great fun. he kept asking questions, and he had lots of parts. he had a great staff which did all the numbers. you couldn't get anything around him or past him. he was very well informed. but it was fun to do. he is the comedian, you have some points, and let him do the jokes. so don't try step on his turf. >> one last thing. when bill clinton ran against george bush in 1992, do you think obama by signing some of these more positive statistics runs a similar risk of being out of -- perceived to be out of touch? >> there are more cable shows, more talk radio opportunities. so, there's a second media as well as the establishment media. so i don't think you can quite fib about it. the other part is, americans are out of work, their own wages are not going up. i do
he is cynical in that he'll call out obama when he thinks obama is being nonsensical and will do the same thing to conservatives. he is a leftist center activist who happens to be on tv doing a comedy show. i have great fun -- we did half an our back and forth, six minutes of which was on tv and the other is online. and it was great fun. he kept asking questions, and he had lots of parts. he had a great staff which did all the numbers. you couldn't get anything around him or past him. he was...
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have voted for obama last time and i will this time. banality other gatherings is the choice. the republican party has become an instrument of reactionary -- the worst kind of reactionary politics. it's not so much about bit runny whatever your judgment about whether he's good, bad, whenever . think about this. with the elimination of the liberal republican tradition within the republican party, the people that mitt romney is going to bring into the white house and in to the agency's are from a pool of reactionary activists. financial lunatics in some way. the current tax fight, they are defending tax cuts for the top 1%. just unbelievable. if you want to look into a future with a run the victory, that's it. i'm a democrat, but i did not it appeared it a lie the. i think, and i argue in my book will understand the central economic problem and propose investment programs and things of that sort. not nearly enough to solve the problem. republicans and looking. either way will we can see is a dour sloping curve for american living standards . i think the last four years just demo
have voted for obama last time and i will this time. banality other gatherings is the choice. the republican party has become an instrument of reactionary -- the worst kind of reactionary politics. it's not so much about bit runny whatever your judgment about whether he's good, bad, whenever . think about this. with the elimination of the liberal republican tradition within the republican party, the people that mitt romney is going to bring into the white house and in to the agency's are from a...
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. >> does he have a copy of your book by the way, obama? >> people keep threatening to send it to him. i have a feeling he doesn't want to be seen with it. hi. >> my question is, we do talk about government and the politicians and everything, but i want to bring home a little bit. because it is we who elect to those in office. so, in terms of everything that's gone on, what recommendations are what -- or what information, not information. but can you suggest to the everyday man and woman that they can do to help make change? because one person can't do everything, as she stated. we all have a responsibility. >> i agree with that. i think, i firmly believe people have to work locally. i think local organization is very important, and it eventually builds. you know, there's some cynicism about that. but, you know, it's a matter of getting $10 to something or somebody, do it. if it's a matter of giving your time, if it's a matter of trying to organize, try to educate people and bring speakers in, and get involved in politics, it's got to be do
. >> does he have a copy of your book by the way, obama? >> people keep threatening to send it to him. i have a feeling he doesn't want to be seen with it. hi. >> my question is, we do talk about government and the politicians and everything, but i want to bring home a little bit. because it is we who elect to those in office. so, in terms of everything that's gone on, what recommendations are what -- or what information, not information. but can you suggest to the everyday...
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not obama. people vote for a lot of reasons and one of them is they go to incompetents out of office. he has been proven to be more incompetent and any president and american history. i think the people are wise enough to know that but i take great, but since his recent statistics about the election. >> going back to america's place of the rest of the world, led to what extent with conservative this them should we be a bigger part of what is happening in what isn of what is happening in contrast to state capitalism in china and russia and other nations the fight the free-market battle? >> is your question we're not affecting the politics of china or russia? >> should we be more of an example? >> yes. hot it is hard. you know, more but americans should be a shining city on a hill. maybe the "wall street journal" everyday. it is my bible. we seem to encourage a great deal of liberal behavior in the chinese and it is hard to say what they are faced with. arthur schlesinger used to say and immensely
not obama. people vote for a lot of reasons and one of them is they go to incompetents out of office. he has been proven to be more incompetent and any president and american history. i think the people are wise enough to know that but i take great, but since his recent statistics about the election. >> going back to america's place of the rest of the world, led to what extent with conservative this them should we be a bigger part of what is happening in what isn of what is happening in...
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i didn't know obama was a skier until he said obama crossed my skis. that was almost as funny as the smokescreen comment. i didn't know basketball players went skiing. ma'am, right there. >> you spoke a little bit about the strategies between campaigns. in the republican primary, there seems to be a lot of negative campaigns. i was wondering if you could speak a little bit about it. >> can i just remind you of the democratic campaign of 1992 or 1972? yes, okay. when you have a chance of winning, if you are george w. bush, if you are bill clinton, if you are mitt romney, the trick is that you need for percent of the country to love you to get through your primary. the right 40 or the left 40 or the 30% -- the trick is when the primary occurs, when it without doing anything that makes it harder to get to 50. mitt romney was determined to do nothing to move farther to the right and necessary to get the nomination. unlike george w. bush in 2000, bill clinton in 1992, where governor carter in 1976, his challengers were on the right and not in the center. bi
i didn't know obama was a skier until he said obama crossed my skis. that was almost as funny as the smokescreen comment. i didn't know basketball players went skiing. ma'am, right there. >> you spoke a little bit about the strategies between campaigns. in the republican primary, there seems to be a lot of negative campaigns. i was wondering if you could speak a little bit about it. >> can i just remind you of the democratic campaign of 1992 or 1972? yes, okay. when you have a...
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bush and now barack obama. >> host: brendan doherty, president obama sworn in januar january 2009 goodwin to be he start holding fundraisers? >> guest: his first fundraiser was just a few months then. i want to say this about april, but it could have been march. presidents have started fundraising earlier and earlier in her terms as well. not just for themselves, the fellow party members. about four in five over the past three and half decades has been up for the president for national committee, but a fellow democrat or republican. in the same pressure that apply to presidential campaign brison caused a relatively low contribution limits apply that congressional campaigns as well. the members of congress feel compelled to spend so much time raising money for small increment and presidents are party leaders. they start earlier and earlier are raising money for fellow party members as well. >> host: is this a bad thing click >> guest: it cuts both ways. certainly a president's time is the scarcest resource. in the george w. bush white house, his time as scheduled in fi
bush and now barack obama. >> host: brendan doherty, president obama sworn in januar january 2009 goodwin to be he start holding fundraisers? >> guest: his first fundraiser was just a few months then. i want to say this about april, but it could have been march. presidents have started fundraising earlier and earlier in her terms as well. not just for themselves, the fellow party members. about four in five over the past three and half decades has been up for the...
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and as it has with barack obama you can see my book with last week's debate for four years obama's has been coddled by the media. he had a tough open it with hillary clinton but the life of the impeached of ex-president. that is how she made her neighbor across but still better than john mccain even with hillary of all the debate the questions going to obama were so softball that hillary clinton was asked incredibly complicated policy questions for the moderate asks obama if you will like another parallel. [laughter] that was a fair summary. the only standing thing is not how poorly obama's did in that is as good as the emperor was. [applause] if john mccain had been on the stage a with him we would have long faces this week. it was how magnificent mitt romney was in the first time obama had to face a tough opponent. his whole life as he says look calm and don't make fast moves he was smoking pot at occidental university not applying himself and can transfer to a premier university in america, colombia, from there you walk into harvard law school and president of the law review then pr
and as it has with barack obama you can see my book with last week's debate for four years obama's has been coddled by the media. he had a tough open it with hillary clinton but the life of the impeached of ex-president. that is how she made her neighbor across but still better than john mccain even with hillary of all the debate the questions going to obama were so softball that hillary clinton was asked incredibly complicated policy questions for the moderate asks obama if you will like...
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destroyer," charles kessler's i am the change, obama's america, quite critical of president obama. do these books sell well? >> they do largely because they serve rightly or wrongly as a counterpoint. many readers wish to buy into at and as a result of these books have a very active audience and president obama has been reelected, i am sure these publishers with conservative inference or conservatively inclined will predict to sell well and they will continue to appeal to an audience that demand these books. >> have you interviewed these critical of others? >> no. let's see. glen beck, but he is not recently taken on exactly president obama. sort of interesting. this is generally true, whoever's in power in the white house, the opposite political slant does better. liberal democrat in the white house, when there's a conservative in the white house, president bush, critical of the president and do better. it was being questioned about jobs or something and he said look what i'm doing for the book industry because there were so many books out, critical of him, the middle of his secon
destroyer," charles kessler's i am the change, obama's america, quite critical of president obama. do these books sell well? >> they do largely because they serve rightly or wrongly as a counterpoint. many readers wish to buy into at and as a result of these books have a very active audience and president obama has been reelected, i am sure these publishers with conservative inference or conservatively inclined will predict to sell well and they will continue to appeal to an audience...
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said in, any march, before but on the freedom rides in 1961 committee saying that the president barack obama was born, we studied, we prepared ourselves. i came to washington d.c. the first time in may of 1961. 13 of us, blacks and whites, preparing to go on the freedom ride. we met greater washington d.c. 21 years old at all of my hair and was a few pounds lighter. [laughter] restudy, we prepared ourselves. to name a third, 1961, we went down to a chinese restaurant rate here in washington d.c. for a meal. growing up in rural alabama come to school in nashville, i've never been to a chinese restaurant, never had the food. but the night of may 3rd, someone said you should eat while because this may be like the last supper. i'm a forthcoming 1961, reported a greyhound bus and traveled from washington to virginia. we arrived in a little town called redfield, south carolina. we were attacked and beaten and left bloody. one of the same young men attacked and beat me in my seat may came to my office in february 09 and said mr. lewis, i'm one of the people that attacked and beat you. i want to apo
said in, any march, before but on the freedom rides in 1961 committee saying that the president barack obama was born, we studied, we prepared ourselves. i came to washington d.c. the first time in may of 1961. 13 of us, blacks and whites, preparing to go on the freedom ride. we met greater washington d.c. 21 years old at all of my hair and was a few pounds lighter. [laughter] restudy, we prepared ourselves. to name a third, 1961, we went down to a chinese restaurant rate here in washington...
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obama loses, why did we lose? obama was too far to the left. we have to move more to center. and the republican party, which has even more fissures and divisions, should we go back to the senate -- that's what jon huntsman kent saying week gee to moderate a moderate so go back to right. so republican party is going to have an important deaf pate about which way the party will go, and whoever they're standard bearer was this year and how they lost and what they said is going to have a tremendous impact what the party is going to be like in the future. could be this year or could be -- i'm not saying every loser has impacted american history. parker lost to roosevelt. nobody even wrote a biography about the poor guy. won't know for decades who that is. >> i think that's probably about it. certainly invite if you have other questions we're going to go afterwards and have a little refreshment and hope you all come and thank you for your attention. it's been a delight to be here. it's a wonderful book store. thank you to c-span and the for coming. [applause] >> for more informatio
obama loses, why did we lose? obama was too far to the left. we have to move more to center. and the republican party, which has even more fissures and divisions, should we go back to the senate -- that's what jon huntsman kent saying week gee to moderate a moderate so go back to right. so republican party is going to have an important deaf pate about which way the party will go, and whoever they're standard bearer was this year and how they lost and what they said is going to have a tremendous...
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horrible in the areas they don't do well and coming meeting romney is horrible on civil liberties and obama is horrible when it comes to dollars and cents. >> as a libertarian now, is it a little tougher to get media attention away from the two-party system and especially as the campaign goes on this fall? >> speaking for myself personally, there's probably been a 30% pickup in attention given, making the switch. so now, i think just the opposite, that it has picked up an unbelieving that when people come to recognize there is going to be three candidates on the ballot in all 50 states come in maybe one of those three, and that is going to go a long way towards garnering just a little bit of who is that person along with ron polsky pain coming to an end and by his own admission, he says is coming to an end i think that ron paul supporters would not be compromised the ergo they vote for the libertarian ticket, myself and judge jim gray. >> gary johnson, 2012 is the website.com i should say. and here is the cover of governor johnson's new book, "seven principles of good government: liberty, p
horrible in the areas they don't do well and coming meeting romney is horrible on civil liberties and obama is horrible when it comes to dollars and cents. >> as a libertarian now, is it a little tougher to get media attention away from the two-party system and especially as the campaign goes on this fall? >> speaking for myself personally, there's probably been a 30% pickup in attention given, making the switch. so now, i think just the opposite, that it has picked up an...
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obama just change the entire dynamic. it is a changed year. we need a game changing bigger. none of these men aged white guys are game changers. [laughter] you said vetting was a mess and in what way also can you talk about how the campaign what goes into the decision to participate this this project and this representation? >> with the vetting process we looked at the campaign from the prison we're on a trajectory to lose. the worst environment and republican ever had to run for the presidency. we had to figure out how to win. the bush was tough but 50/50 we had to have an intercession and any event to take place and take risks. it is about ambition four victory fuels risky and i look back from the perspective of a couple years and the lovell of risk that we took are willing to take does not stand up to the test of time. when i am on television and asking him the 2012 pic -- pic should be was that person prepared incense this latino republican from this swing state may helper cry have no idea if they can pick out iraq or afghanistan on a map. we were all through the campaig
obama just change the entire dynamic. it is a changed year. we need a game changing bigger. none of these men aged white guys are game changers. [laughter] you said vetting was a mess and in what way also can you talk about how the campaign what goes into the decision to participate this this project and this representation? >> with the vetting process we looked at the campaign from the prison we're on a trajectory to lose. the worst environment and republican ever had to run for the...
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warren buffett also was a strong backer of barack obama, well-connected. in the 2008 campaign he had the luxury of having barack obama and john mccain saying they would like him as treasury secretary. warren buffett didn't prefer that but liked the role of being the savior of the american economy. go back to the financial crisis in 2008, warren buffett when the financial crisis began immediately becomes involved with the treasury department and structuring what would eventually become the bailout of the public/private partnership by the treasury department. when [speaking in native tongue] -- when timothy geithner becomes the treasury secretary the public/private partnership with the treasury secretary announces in march of 2009, started in largely resembles a five page letter that warren buffett had written describing how the bailout should be structured. that sounds very good. here is an individual who is interested in helping the american public. the problem is as he is doing that he is literally buying millions of shares of stock in the very banks that
warren buffett also was a strong backer of barack obama, well-connected. in the 2008 campaign he had the luxury of having barack obama and john mccain saying they would like him as treasury secretary. warren buffett didn't prefer that but liked the role of being the savior of the american economy. go back to the financial crisis in 2008, warren buffett when the financial crisis began immediately becomes involved with the treasury department and structuring what would eventually become the...
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we were upset with president obama making it worse with republican years. many people call themselves libertarian sort of to designate themselves more as constitutional conservative with a true believer in limited government. >> host: you wrote this before you spend any time in the u.s. senate. now after a couple years being in the u.s. senate what would you change if anything and has your mind -- your thinking changed at all? >> guest: i understand more how much there is an impasse and having trouble getting things done. i tried to take on ideas many democrats put forward and said we have to do and can't get anyone to talk to me. we won't talk to them. several different senators get them to talk about social security reform. social security can be saved for 70 years or 75 years or in perpetuity if we raise the age and tests the benefit. i can't get any democrats to talk about entitlement reform. >> host: what about your own party? >> have and have. some don't want to talk about it. i am equally critical of my party in the sense that 47 u.s. senators on the
we were upset with president obama making it worse with republican years. many people call themselves libertarian sort of to designate themselves more as constitutional conservative with a true believer in limited government. >> host: you wrote this before you spend any time in the u.s. senate. now after a couple years being in the u.s. senate what would you change if anything and has your mind -- your thinking changed at all? >> guest: i understand more how much there is an impasse...
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i was grouchy when obama said some mean. john quincy adams was this fabulously learned man who had studied history. the reason for the monroe doctrine, and south america and the various countries were beginning to rebel against spanish king and the french team and they were going to send and put down rebellions in english would keep the french from growing to south america. they invited americans to join in keeping the french out of south america because south america was rich with all the gold and silver. john quincy adams was secretary of state and said absolutely not, were not going to get involved in foreign wars. we're not going to let them come over here either. the seeds were planted for the monroe doctrine. it was part of monroe's annual message and he announced his cabinet for help in putting together some sort of statement, making our international policy clear. john quincy adams wrote the corporate vision of god. there are three long paragraphs that now call the monroe doctrine. he tells the europeans he does not
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it is a revisionist history of the obama stimulus and just about everybody hates the obama stimulus. sometimes it feels like obama hates it too. he won't say the word stimulus any more. kind of hard to blame him. a year after it passed the percentage of americans who believe the stimulus created jobs was lower than the percentage of americans who believed elvis was a live. at one point i tell a story how obama told his cabinet that the stimulus was the only thing less popular than he was. in any case when you put the words change and obama this close together you are going to get yelled at. "the new new deal," right wingers won't except the old new deal and left wingers don't think this spineless sellout of the president is fit to share a book jacket with the new deal. i had a feeling some readers would not get past the first four words and i was right. a few weeks ago i got a google alert that "the new new deal" was in the new republic. i was really psyched because i have written a lot for that magazine and have a lot of friends there. i click on the link. there's a blog post by a 2
it is a revisionist history of the obama stimulus and just about everybody hates the obama stimulus. sometimes it feels like obama hates it too. he won't say the word stimulus any more. kind of hard to blame him. a year after it passed the percentage of americans who believe the stimulus created jobs was lower than the percentage of americans who believed elvis was a live. at one point i tell a story how obama told his cabinet that the stimulus was the only thing less popular than he was. in...
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and in this case obama did not find a way. the leader of this country is the president. and if things go well or not well, it's going to be that these things happened in the obama era, not the john boehner era. and presidents have to lead, and presidents have to learn how. and in this case we got up to the goal line. he didn't take it over the end, the finish line here. and so we live in a country -- [applause] with those, where the maximum burden is on the president. but if you, when you, if you look at the book, you will see that dealing with the republicans is not really an easy thing. and as -- [applause] i left to value office, president obama said, you know, if bob dole or newt gingrich had been here,
and in this case obama did not find a way. the leader of this country is the president. and if things go well or not well, it's going to be that these things happened in the obama era, not the john boehner era. and presidents have to lead, and presidents have to learn how. and in this case we got up to the goal line. he didn't take it over the end, the finish line here. and so we live in a country -- [applause] with those, where the maximum burden is on the president. but if you, when you, if...
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yousaf through some of professor obama's class is a the university of chicago. i point out in the book is ostensible scholar of constitutional law at to the elite of the equal protection clause. his favorite clause of course in the constitution that is their license to everything he seems to have just skipped over the separation of powers and all the institutional design questions of the constitution so i and the book by saying that the modern presidency can really be set to begin with the results of the 1912 election which saw the party splintered in the short progressive party that facilitated willson's election, and that marked a new chapter in american political thought that the liberals a specially built on that too many republicans unfortunately followed in the slipstream, and in the best of all worlds the election of 2012 could mark the end of this chapter and i return to an older son were constitutional order if american voters would take to heart the wisdom of the founders. so i will stop there in i will look forward to questions and comments, and i hel
yousaf through some of professor obama's class is a the university of chicago. i point out in the book is ostensible scholar of constitutional law at to the elite of the equal protection clause. his favorite clause of course in the constitution that is their license to everything he seems to have just skipped over the separation of powers and all the institutional design questions of the constitution so i and the book by saying that the modern presidency can really be set to begin with the...
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every president of the united states, beginning with jimmy carter and continuing through barack obama, including barack obama, has tried at one time or another to cut, dismantle, or privatize social security. that is a chilling fact. every single one. democrat as well as republican. this question is really well-timed. obama came very close, the summer of last year, to making a deal with john boehner to make significant cuts in the formula that is used to compute social security benefits when people retire. this led to very major cuts, especially for people in their 20s, 30s and 40s today. social security very much has been on the chopping block in the last couple of years. social security should be a major issue in this campaign, because practically every republican in congress, every member of the tea party, but even more senior ones that have been around a while. practically every republican in congress has been on the record at one time or another, favoring drastic cuts in social security. this has to be -- this has to be a major issue, given the fact that the grand bargain that ob
every president of the united states, beginning with jimmy carter and continuing through barack obama, including barack obama, has tried at one time or another to cut, dismantle, or privatize social security. that is a chilling fact. every single one. democrat as well as republican. this question is really well-timed. obama came very close, the summer of last year, to making a deal with john boehner to make significant cuts in the formula that is used to compute social security benefits when...
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operator at the level obama was. trying to figure out how to come out of the republican convention in a situation where we are not down 20 points to keep the race competitive. we decided to take a risk. the risk was through the prism of a political risk. he may make mistakes. she may say things that are in error that may have to be cleaned up. we looked closely at the rollout of dan quayle and the mistakes that were made there and tried to prevent them. but it was a decision trying to win the campaign. >> my decision to participate in the book. i laughed when he reached up and people say it is our story. they talk to many people. we have been transparent that we were too out of the -- two out of the many. won a presidential campaign ends you immediately go to the university of pennsylvania. winning and losing side. go to harvard university. there are all manner of books that are written and is part of history and i talked to the authors of people who have written all the books from dan balls to market john and partic
operator at the level obama was. trying to figure out how to come out of the republican convention in a situation where we are not down 20 points to keep the race competitive. we decided to take a risk. the risk was through the prism of a political risk. he may make mistakes. she may say things that are in error that may have to be cleaned up. we looked closely at the rollout of dan quayle and the mistakes that were made there and tried to prevent them. but it was a decision trying to win the...
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worse than it was senator obama. better than expected with senator clinton. two days later she lost. she blew it at the i/o chip or send jackson event. we have to understand there's a lot more contingency. as i started to work on the campaign, one of the first things i realized as this sounds awfully simple, but it's not. there really are only three campaigns. there is the challenger on the party out of power to capture the white house. and then there's either an incumbent trying to hold and defend the white house after four years for a successor trying to maintain control of the white house for the party in power. only three times in the last hundred years have we had senator mccain with that of vice president for senator mccain was the successor in 2008, but it's rare. so most of the time we have a challenger in a philosophical little bit about here. the public sees you differently whether you're an incumbent or challenger or successor. the different kinds of experience, whether they're in power or wanting power and their organizational challenges are very
worse than it was senator obama. better than expected with senator clinton. two days later she lost. she blew it at the i/o chip or send jackson event. we have to understand there's a lot more contingency. as i started to work on the campaign, one of the first things i realized as this sounds awfully simple, but it's not. there really are only three campaigns. there is the challenger on the party out of power to capture the white house. and then there's either an incumbent trying to hold and...
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i was grouchy when obama said something just as stupid. john quincy adams was this fabulously learned man who had stayed with history. the reason for the monroe doctrine -- in south america the various countries were beginning to rebel against the spanish king, and the french king was a cousin of the spanish king and the french were going to send military aid to put out these barbarians of english and they send their military to keep the french from going into south america. and they invited the americans to join them in keeping the french out of south america because obviously south america was rich with gold and silver, and john quincy adams was the secretary of state and said absolutely not. we are not going to get involved in a foreign war. we are not going to let them come over here either. and that was the seed planted for the shooting of the monroe doctrine. monroe doctrine wasn't a separate doctrine. was a part of lonrho's message and he asked his cabinet for help in putting together some sort of statement making our international
i was grouchy when obama said something just as stupid. john quincy adams was this fabulously learned man who had stayed with history. the reason for the monroe doctrine -- in south america the various countries were beginning to rebel against the spanish king, and the french king was a cousin of the spanish king and the french were going to send military aid to put out these barbarians of english and they send their military to keep the french from going into south america. and they invited...
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president obama could do more. i think he feels constrained but i tell people all the time he would not get fed in your mama's house if you don't bring your plate to the table. black america has to ask this president to do what we need him and to do. ask him. tell him. exhort him. i am so e enamored of this president. i am concerned about economic policy and we need to be able to communicate that. what can we do in a year? in a year we have to create jobs. that is what america is clamoring for. one third of the unemployed people in our nation have been unemployed for more than a year. how do you live your life unemployed for year? what do you do? these of the questions we must ask. my brothers and sisters here we must raise questions, ask questions, push, probe around the ways we think our economy should work. >> i agree with that way forward. the book is fascinating and thank you for including my uncle arthur in this. >> he is a phenomenal human being and we know that. alabama businessman who lived for a century a
president obama could do more. i think he feels constrained but i tell people all the time he would not get fed in your mama's house if you don't bring your plate to the table. black america has to ask this president to do what we need him and to do. ask him. tell him. exhort him. i am so e enamored of this president. i am concerned about economic policy and we need to be able to communicate that. what can we do in a year? in a year we have to create jobs. that is what america is clamoring for....
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do eight years ago would have thought barack obama would be the standard bearer in 2008. could be somebody we are not even thinking about. the second thing i would say, when you ask the question earlier i have a hard time thinking of the name but it strikes me we have a gap. we are seeing women who were part of feminism, women reaching that point in their career where they are retiring, added point where there beyond -- it didn't stop john mccain. that is something we talk about. age, how women age faster than men. there used to be a gap between that generation, a new group that is coming up. so it is hard to point to somebody but the person i would point to is nicky haley. she has managed some things in south carolina very well where she has the advantage of ethnicity, bringing diversity to the republican party. confession for that one might argue the republican party needs diversity. >> we all looked at one another when bill and search -- asked this question. the pipeline is a little thin right now. suzanne martinas, governor of new mexico, if you buy this idea we elect
do eight years ago would have thought barack obama would be the standard bearer in 2008. could be somebody we are not even thinking about. the second thing i would say, when you ask the question earlier i have a hard time thinking of the name but it strikes me we have a gap. we are seeing women who were part of feminism, women reaching that point in their career where they are retiring, added point where there beyond -- it didn't stop john mccain. that is something we talk about. age, how women...
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the one thing i have heard especially the other day is obama and the difference between obama and mitt romney coming up in 2012. a lot of the progressives that i work with on the left, not the way left, anarchist, i wouldn't go so far as to say occupy, very anti-obama. there was the pizza came out the other day that talked about occupy -- whatever. my question to you is this 2012 election coming up i know if mitt romney gets elected my work as an organizer will be more difficult. i am wondering and i can explain it if you would like but i'm wondering where you stand on the 2012 election. >> he i don't feel that it's my job to go around and really encourage people to vote one way or the other. i think everybody has to vote their conscience and vote about what issues are most near and dear to you. i personally could not vote for obama given what i know and i spent a year talking to victims families and i just can't do it. i will vote for the green party candidate. [applause] i understand that people have all kinds of issues that are important to them, and you have to make a list of all t
the one thing i have heard especially the other day is obama and the difference between obama and mitt romney coming up in 2012. a lot of the progressives that i work with on the left, not the way left, anarchist, i wouldn't go so far as to say occupy, very anti-obama. there was the pizza came out the other day that talked about occupy -- whatever. my question to you is this 2012 election coming up i know if mitt romney gets elected my work as an organizer will be more difficult. i am wondering...
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everything boosted wrong obama did on steroids. i don't want to suggest bush was as bad in spending as obama, but he was moving in the right direction. >> a lot of the stimulus funds didn't go to the states that were most affected. if the problem that the stimulus funds were misallocated or that the entire idea for a stimulus spending itself as misguided. >> the entire idea of stimulus is misguided. i mean, you know, you go and take money from certain places and given to someplace else. that is not increasing that jobs . maybe one could make an argument sometimes that government might know better than individuals where they can get a higher return. pretty skeptical about that. in that going to be increasing the total number of jobs. what you're doing the moving around this huge amount of money is increasing unemployment temporarily. thus the reason why you see this now the stimulus is over. you're starting to see some recovery. that should have happened before. the stimulus delayed by creating all this churning, delayed the recover
everything boosted wrong obama did on steroids. i don't want to suggest bush was as bad in spending as obama, but he was moving in the right direction. >> a lot of the stimulus funds didn't go to the states that were most affected. if the problem that the stimulus funds were misallocated or that the entire idea for a stimulus spending itself as misguided. >> the entire idea of stimulus is misguided. i mean, you know, you go and take money from certain places and given to someplace...
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wear the calls about politics the obamas have? >> part of the reason their qualms are important and not to be dismissed is there similar to the calm lot of us have about politics. we all see what is wrong with the political system. with the glee about it. whether it can really address social needs and what not. this is one of the many things about obama that was such a big asset in the campaign that end of being an editing in the presidency time and again in my reporting. sometimes a simple and complicated way i found he had trouble acting like a politician. a small story is about the first super bowl party in the white house and he is kind to everybody but doesn't want -- to s this principled objection. in the doesn't want to spend the superbowl -- he has this idea that he wants to hang on to a normal life in the presidency and in my reporting i just watched that idea get tested again and again and again. >> there's another story in the book where he insists on having dinner every night at 6:30 which means he can't be with the ot
wear the calls about politics the obamas have? >> part of the reason their qualms are important and not to be dismissed is there similar to the calm lot of us have about politics. we all see what is wrong with the political system. with the glee about it. whether it can really address social needs and what not. this is one of the many things about obama that was such a big asset in the campaign that end of being an editing in the presidency time and again in my reporting. sometimes a...
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limbaugh because what he believes is president obama's want a republic. cheryl strayed recounts or 11-mile -- 1100-mile hike. followed by a book about a prisoner in world war ii. colin powell is that, with his
limbaugh because what he believes is president obama's want a republic. cheryl strayed recounts or 11-mile -- 1100-mile hike. followed by a book about a prisoner in world war ii. colin powell is that, with his